A Return to Animal Prints

I was going through my back-catalog this weekend and realizing that . . . there’s a lot of good advice buried in there. I’ll be writing a post in the next couple of weeks that will bring some of those old posts to the fore.

Then, I told you that my favorite is leopard and advised you to use animal prints regularly, but in small doses.

I stand by that advice, but when I saw this trippy zebra-print sweater, I had to have it.*

I have literally no idea of how this print was pattern was achieved

Is this sweater, like the Guggenheim Bibao, only possible with cOmPUters?

It’s kind of mind-blowing, isn’t it?

Psychedelic even though it’s black and white.

Do you notice any difference between these photos — other than that I appear larger in one than the other?

Avec belt

Sans belt

This fitted sweater doesn’t need a belt, but I felt that the outfit wanted a belt. Definition at the waist is key to balancing the proportions of these wide-legged pants.

As always, you are the jury. You can decide whether you like it better without a belt.

Not as good, in my opinion

I would never presume to tell anyone what to think.

Although here I do appear to be trying to bend someone to my will using my mind

Patent leather belt can do no wrong

I can appreciate that some may even think that the belt is too much given all the activity in the sweater.

Perhapsleberry.

This sweater is a special knit of a basic cardigan JCrew has been selling for years: the Jackie Cardigan. It’s a fine cotton knit with little stretch. I particularly like how high and fitted the neckline is.

You know I dig high necklines

We’ve moved into real fall weather and so I put on a wool jacket before heading off to work. You’ve seen this one — a favorite that’s at least 10 years old — a few times before.

One must take care of one’s things

Clothes, belt, and shoes are JCrew; Bag: Marc by Marc Jacobs

* The sweater is currently available in Zebra (cotton) and Leopard (wool). When I bought mine, the leopard was not on offer. One idea for these cardigans: I think these would look great under a blazer — black for the zebra, navy blue for the leopard.

6 thoughts on “A Return to Animal Prints”

“Although here I do appear to be trying to bend someone to my will using my mind”

Actually it looks like your very cool cardigan is trying to bend someone’s mind 🙂

I especially love the asymmetrical placement of the slightly wider stripes over the torso. A small misjudgement and the whole thing would read ‘hello headlights !!’ But it’s so perfectly done that it merely reads ‘mind-bending’.

I love the top as well, especially with the belt. I have to be honest, though, in that I do not care for it paired with those pants, as they are sooo casual. I think a pair of wide legged black pants would be great, albeit a conventional choice. How about with a red A-line skirt???